MUMBAI: VedantaNSE -2.84 % arm Cairn Oil & Gas has appointed Ajay Dixit as its chief executive officer, the conglomerate said in a statement on Tuesday.
Dixit takes over the position from Sudhir Mathur, who was at the top job for seven years. The company said Mathur has quit to pursue “personal endeavors.”
Dixit was the acting CEO of Vedanta’s aluminium and power business before being elevated to this new role. He has 39 years of experience in the energy sector and joined Vedanta in 2015 from Siemens where he was CEO – Energy for South Asia. He is an alumni of Delhi College of Engineering.
